Ruckus Wireless as an Unifi alternative?

[tasort]

I got the power issue sorted out, thanks!

Are the clients associating to the SSIDs on the new AP but then failing to get IP addresses, or do they fail to associate?

I think fail to associate, but I'm not sure how to tell. Windows clients give the message "Can't connect to this network", android "Couldn't connect to network". I tried manually configuring an IP on the same subnet as the AP and get "Connection failed" on android.
I've yet to see anything show up in the wireless clients list in Unleashed.

Edit:
I somehow got it working. Not entirely sure what fixed it, I flashed the ZD firmware on it, then flashed Unleashed again (this time using SSH and ftp). Everything is connecting and working good now.

 

[U5684338]

There's a kernel panic during boot if the radios are enabled.

Ruckus APs install firmware upgrades onto their spare partition (there are 2 firmware partitions, one of which is marked active) and then mark the spare as active & reboot.

The first time this new firmware boots then it will apply any necessary upgrades to the configuration.

If, however, the new firmware fails to boot 3 times in a row then the spare partition (i.e. the firmware in use prior to the upgrade) is marked active, so the previous firmware version is restored.

So if you upgrade from 200.14 to 200.15, and your AP is not in 'Dedicated Master' mode, then the R730 will reboot 3 times & then revert to 200.14.


I bought some spare R730s for testing firmwares. So it's not debug logs holding me up - it's just the spare time and motivation to look into this, given the strong likelihood that it's not something that can be fixed. The R730 was dropped by Ruckus on all their platforms, so can't just crib fixes from e.g. SmartZone or ZoneDirector firmwares.

It seems that Ruckus has removed the firmware files for Hawkeye v1 in 200.15 and later:

/lib/firmware/IPQ8074$ ls hw.1
fw_version.txt  m3_fw.b00

I've tried to replace the firmware blobs with the firmware from 200.14, but that doesn't seem to fix the issue:

network ......... [started] (0.147)
eee ............. [started] (0.039)
fips_nss_post ... [started] (0.009)
tpm ............. [started] (0.441)
insmod: can't insert '/lib/modules/4.4.60/net/telemetry_agent.ko': No such file or directory
[   22.550256] cnss[2]: INFO: Waiting for FW ready. Device: 0xffff, FW ready timeout: 15 seconds
[   22.551798] diag: In diag_send_feature_mask_update, control channel is not open, p: 2, 80d6e3c8
[   22.557831] cnss[2]: INFO: QMI WLFW service connected, state: 0x1
[   22.566409] cnss[2]: INFO: device_id : 65535 mem mode : [0]
[   22.572513] cnss[2]: INFO: platform name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. IPQ807x/AP-HK02
[   22.578491] cnss[2]: INFO: Target capability: chip_id: 0x0, chip_family: 0x0, board_id: 0xff, soc_id: 0xffffffff, fw_version: 0x21090629, fw_build_timestamp: 2023-08-18 01:02, otp_version: 0x0 eeprom_caldata_read_timeout 0s
[   22.585927] cnss[2]: INFO: Operating band 5G
[   22.608205] cnss[2]: INFO: BDF location : 0x4b0c0000
[   22.609920] cnss[2]: INFO: BDF IPQ8074/bdwlan_R850.bin size 131072
[   22.615235] cnss[2]: INFO: Operating band 5G
[   22.625026] cnss[2]: ERR: Failed to get BDF file IPQ8074/caldata.bin (-22)
[   22.625282] cnss[2]: WARN: Caldata not present. Skipping caldata download: caldata.bin
[   22.650804] cnss[2]: INFO: FW ready received for device 0xffff
[   22.652475] cnss2 c000000.wifi: ioremap failed for resource [mem 0x0c000000-0x0dffffff]
[   22.655527] wlan: [675:E:HIF] hif_ahb_enable_bus: ath: ioremap error
[   22.663420] wlan: [675:E:HIF] hif_enable: hif_enable_bus error = 16
[   22.670037] wlan: [675:E:ANY] ol_ath_ahb_probe: Assertion failed! 0:ol_ath_ahb_probe /home/jenkins/slave-ngcicd/workspace/AP_UL_200.18.7.1_R750/rks_ap/platform_dp/linux/driver/11axwifi/os/linux/../../qca_ol/../offload/os/linux/ath_ahb.c:969
[   22.678323] WLAN Panic @ ol_ath_ahb_probe:969: Take care of the TARGET ASSERT first

Down the line I fixed the caldata file issue, but the main issue is related to the iomap error. If we have somebody with access to qsdk · GitLab , then somebody might be able to fetch the correct firmware blobs and we could try to load it. We need a blob for IPQ8074, that is compatible for WLAN.HK.2.6-02451-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1 v1. Newer blobs for v1 seem to exist, if you checkout https://svn.dd-wrt.com/export/58666/src/router/firmwares/wireless/ath11k/IPQ8074/hw1.0/ you can see that they also added a more recent version for Hawkeye v1 here. Unfortunately, this blob is also not compatible with the Ruckus firmware.

Funny enough you can see that it tries to load bdwlan_R850.bin as well, which is also the case for 200.14, but if we would ever be able to build it maybe we should link to the R730 blob instead.

 

[travellinground]

This is a slightly random aside, but I'm the guinea-pig for new tech at work and (out of the goodness of my heart) I offered to play around with some of the new Wifi 7 APs. However, from briefly reading up on them, because I'm outside the US it appears like I won't actually be able to use most of the features. If I were to use a VPN during setup (or something similar) would that be sufficient to gain access to these features, or should I let my US colleagues test this one?

 

[ms264556]

This is a slightly random aside, but I'm the guinea-pig for new tech at work and (out of the goodness of my heart) I offered to play around with some of the new Wifi 7 APs. However, from briefly reading up on them, because I'm outside the US it appears like I won't actually be able to use most of the features. If I were to use a VPN during setup (or something similar) would that be sufficient to gain access to these features, or should I let my US colleagues test this one?

I mean, "most of the features" is a stretch. You won't get AFC, so 6GHz power will be reduced, but it's still there & plenty fast up-close.

They will need to setup a Zone/Venue for your country, or you can install Unleashed. There's nothing technical stopping you from running with US country settings, but this is probably illegal depending on where you are outside north America.

If it's US locked then this is easy to bypass.

 

[tgl]

Radio authorities normally regulate what frequencies and transmit power levels you can use; they don't care about different wifi protocols. So I'd expect that you could use wifi 7 gear just as well as wifi 6 or wifi 5 gear, so long as you stick to allowed channels and power for your area.

If what you meant is that the 6GHz band isn't allowed where you live, that's annoying for this purpose, but it's not really a wifi 7 issue.

 

[travellinground]

6Ghz is disabled outside of the US, despite it being allowed to be used here.

 

[sth]

You won't get AFC, so 6GHz power will be reduced, but it's still there & plenty fast up-close.

AFC and 'stadard power' is only for APs mounted outside. Fixed internal models run fine without AFC at whats considered technically as low power.

 

[ms264556]

6Ghz is disabled outside of the US, despite it being allowed to be used here.

What country are you in? There are a ton of countries which allow 6GHz now.

I'm in New Zealand, and I definitely have 6Ghz.

Edit:

There's a country list here, but it doesn't include NZ which I know is supported, so I had a look at the Unleashed 200.18 config:-

Spoiler: Long list of 6GHz countries

Code	Country	AFC	6GHz Channels
AL	Albania		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
AR	Argentina		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
AU	Australia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
AT	Austria		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
AZ	Azerbaijan		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
BH	Bahrain		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
BY	Belarus		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
BE	Belgium		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
BZ	Belize		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
BR	Brazil		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
BN	Brunei Darussalam		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
BG	Bulgaria		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
CA	Canada		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
CL	Chile		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
CO	Colombia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
CR	Costa Rica		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
HR	Croatia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
CY	Cyprus		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
CZ	Czech Republic		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
DK	Denmark		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
DO	Dominican Republic		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
SV	El Salvador		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
EE	Estonia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
FI	Finland		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
FR	France		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
DE	Germany		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
GR	Greece		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
GT	Guatemala		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
HN	Honduras		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
HK	Hong Kong		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
HU	Hungary		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
IS	Iceland		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
IE	Ireland		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
IL	Israel		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
IT	Italy		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
JP	Japan		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
JO	Jordan		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
KE	Kenya		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
KR	Korea Republic		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229
KW	Kuwait		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
LV	Latvia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
LI	Liechtenstein		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
LT	Lithuania		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
LU	Luxembourg		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MO	Macau		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MY	Malaysia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MT	Malta		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MU	Mauritius		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MX	Mexico		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MC	Monaco		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MN	Mongolia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
MA	Morocco		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
NL	Netherlands		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
NZ	New Zealand		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
NO	Norway		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
PG	Papua New Guinea		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
PE	Peru		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
PL	Poland		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
PT	Portugal		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
QA	Qatar		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
RO	Romania		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
RU	Russia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
SA	Saudi Arabia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
SG	Singapore		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
SK	Slovak Republic		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
ZA	South Africa		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
ES	Spain		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
SZ	Swaziland		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
SE	Sweden		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
CH	Switzerland		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
TW	Taiwan		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
TH	Thailand		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
TR	Turkey		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
AE	United Arab Emirates		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
GB	United Kingdom		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
US	United States	TRUE	1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,105,109,113,117,121,125,129,133,137,141,145,149,153,157,161,165,169,173,177,181,185,189,193,197,201,205,209,213,217,221,225,229,233
EH	Western Sahara		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
ZM	Zambia		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93
ZW	Zimbabwe		1,5,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57,61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93

 

[hmw]

PSA: for folks buying R770 units off eBay, apparently the older models of this AP have really loud coil whine. Ref: R770 loud coil whine

At least one reputed eBay seller confirms this in his notes.